Senators belonging to the Peoples Democratic
Party have reportedly begun to make moves to
impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.
The high spate of impunity recorded in recent
time and the increasing level of corruption within
Jonathan’s administration are believed to be
some of the reasons, which has compelled the
PDP senators to start compiling impeachable
offences against him.
An All Progressives Congress Senator who spoke
anonymously to Punch, disclosed that PDP
lawmakers in the upper chamber of the National
Assembly had started reaching out to the
opposition senators.
He said, “I was personally consulted this evening
over the issue and I also cross-checked from my
colleagues who also told me that they had been
contacted. The grouse of the lawmakers,
according to the person that contacted me, was
that Jonathan’s handling of the last week
Thursday’s invasion of the National Assembly by
the police was carelessly handled by the
Jonathan administration.”
“From the look of things, the proceedings will
start on Tuesday because some signatures had
been collected already.”
A PDP Senator, who also spoke under the veil of
anonymity, also confirmed the impeachment
moves, saying that it was uncertain that
President Jonathan was capable of conducting
a free and fair election in 2015.
He said, “Our President is not in charge. We have
seen that he had allowed the governors to hijack
powers from him. He is just like a puppet and the
earlier we act fast, the better for us.”
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